André Morell
Born August 20, 1909 (Age: 116)
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Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia André Morell (20 August 1909 – 28 November 1978; sometimes credited as Andre Morell) was a British actor. He appeared frequently in theatre, film and on television from the 1930s to the 1970s. His best known screen roles were as Professor Bernard Quatermass in the BBC Television serial Quatermass and the Pit (1958–59), and as Doctor Watson in the Hammer Film Productions version of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959). He also appeared in the Academy Award-winning films The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Ben-Hur (1959), in several of Hammer's well-known horror films throughout the 1960s and in the acclaimed ITV historical drama The Caesars (1968). His obituary in The Times newspaper described him as possessing a "commanding presence with a rich, responsive voice... whether in the classical or modern theatre he was authoritative and dependable." Description above from the Wikipedia article André Morell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
André Morell (20 August 1909 – 28 November 1978; sometimes credited as Andre Morell) was a British actor. He appeared frequently in theatre, film and on television from the 1930s to the 1970s. His best known screen roles were as Professor Bernard Quatermass in the BBC Television serial Quatermass and the Pit (1958–59), and as Doctor Watson in the Hammer Film Productions version of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959). He also appeared in the Academy Award-winning films The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Ben-Hur (1959), in several of Hammer's well-known horror films throughout the 1960s and in the acclaimed ITV historical drama The Caesars (1968).
His obituary in The Times newspaper described him as possessing a "commanding presence with a rich, responsive voice... whether in the classical or modern theatre he was authoritative and dependable."
Description above from the Wikipedia article André Morell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
André Morell: Best of British
2015
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as Self
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Age: 105
The First Great Train Robbery
1978
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as Judge
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Age: 69
The Lord of the Rings
1978
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as Elrond (voice)
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Age: 69
No Image
The Last Romantic
1978
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as Gantry
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Age: 68
The Message
1976
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as Abu-Talib
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Age: 66
Barry Lyndon
1975
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as Lord Wendover
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Age: 66
The Prison
1974
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as André Fage
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Age: 64
Pope Joan
1972
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as Emperor Louis
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Age: 62
No Image
The Man and the Snake
1972
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as Dr. Druring
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Age: 62
Hell's Angel
1971
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as Sir Geoffrey Wolf
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Age: 61
Dark of the Sun
1968
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as Bussier
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Age: 58
The Siege of Manchester
1965
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as Richard Heyrick
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Age: 56
She
1965
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as Haumeid
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Age: 55
The Moon-Spinners
1964
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as Yacht Captain
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Age: 54
Woman of Straw
1964
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as Judge
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Age: 54
Cash on Demand
1961
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as Colonel Gore Hepburn
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Age: 52
The Shadow of the Cat
1961
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as Walter Venable
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Age: 51
The Trial of Oscar Wilde
1960
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as Sir Edward Clarke QC
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Age: 50
Cone of Silence
1960
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as Capt. Edward Manningham
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Age: 50
Ben-Hur
1959
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as Sextus
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Age: 50
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
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as Doctor Watson
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Age: 49
The Giant Behemoth
1959
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as Prof. James Bickford
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Age: 49
The Camp on Blood Island
1958
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as Col. Lambert
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Age: 48
Paris Holiday
1958
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as American Ambassador
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Age: 48
Diamond Safari
1958
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as Williamson
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Age: 48
Zarak
1956
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as Maj. Atherton
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Age: 47
The Baby and the Battleship
1956
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as Marshal
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Age: 46
The Black Tent
1956
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as Sheik Salem ben Yussef
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Age: 46
The Man Who Never Was
1956
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as Sir Bernard Spilsbury
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Age: 46
They Can't Hang Me
1955
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as Robert Isaac Pitt
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Age: 46
Summertime
1955
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as Englishman in Train Compartment (uncredited)
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Age: 45
The Secret
1955
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as Chief Inspector Blake
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Age: 45
Three Cases of Murder
1955
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as Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
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Age: 45
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
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as O'Brien
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Age: 45
No Image
The Golden Link
1954
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as Supt. Blake
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Age: 45
The Black Knight
1954
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as Sir Ontzlake
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Age: 45
His Majesty O'Keefe
1954
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as Alfred Tetins
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Age: 44
The Clouded Yellow
1950
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as Secret Service Chief Chubb (as Andre Morell)
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Age: 41
Seven Days to Noon
1950
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as Superintendent G.W. Folland
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Age: 41
Trio
1950
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as Dr. Lennox
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Age: 41
So Long at the Fair
1950
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as Doctor Hart
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Age: 40
Stage Fright
1950
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as Inspector Byard
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Age: 40
Madeleine
1950
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as Defense Attorney
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Age: 40
No Place for Jennifer
1950
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as Counsel
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Age: 40
Unpublished Story
1942
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as Marchand
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Age: 32